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1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
1993 Doris Duke, heiress (American Tobacco Co), dies at 80 1992 Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78 1987 Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1986 Ron Kass, record co President (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer 1985 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant 1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc 1982 Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35 1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co 1981 Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast, World-bronze-95, 1996 Olympics 1977 Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday and Co, Dumplings), dies at 51 1974 Jennifer LeRoy, Craig CO, playmate, Feb, 1993 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record) 1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" 1966 Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, U.S. shooter 1992 Olympics 1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1959 Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer, 1994 PING-Cellular One 1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast 1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 R. 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Eaks, Colorado Springs CO, Nike golfer, 1990 Quicksilver Open 1951 Tom Hamilton, Colorado Springs Co, rock bassist, Aerosmith-Dream On 1951 Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida 1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 1946 Michael Ovitz, president, Walt Disney Co 1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown 1946 Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co 1945 Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1944 Peter Albin, born in San Francisco, California, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Co 1944 Kelly Bishop, CO, actress, Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn 1942 Patricia McBride, Teaneck, New Jersey, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1942 Capitol Record Co. opens for business 1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co 1941 Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co 1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) 1939 Earl Cairns, CEO, S G Warburg and Co 1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1937 J S Jennings, CEO, Shell Transport and Trading Co 1937 Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars 1936 Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman, S G Warburg and Co 1935 Kurt Tucholsky, Germany journalist and writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at 45 1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co New York City) 1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co 1931 Yvonne Keuls, Bamberg, Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co 1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America 1925 Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actress, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder 1924 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co. 1919 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks 1917 Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery 1917 Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants 1917 Henry Ford II, automaker, Ford Motor Co 1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash 1916 Ken Curtis, Curtis Gates, Lamar CO, actor, Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke 1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co 1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota 1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 William Hewlett, cofounder, Hewlett-Packard Co 1913 Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co 1912 Doris Duke, New York City, heiress, American Tobacco Co 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ 1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa 1909 A. 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Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball 1908 Harriette Arnow, Wayne Co, Kentucky, novelist, Dollmaker 1906 Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co 1906 Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. 1904 Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor, Oklahoma, Annie 1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal 1903 Ronald Stewart, CEO, London Brick Co 1901 Cadillac Co forms 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co 1898 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 1898 1st auto insurance policy in U.S. issued, by Travelers Insurance Co 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co 1892 Diamond Match Co patented book matches 1891 George A Hormel and Co introduce Spam 1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1890 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer, Panther Tiger and Co 1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity 1885 Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor, Angel on My Shoulder 1885 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 1883 Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera 1882 Telegraph Hill RR Co organized 1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing 1881 De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal 1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service 1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1874 Arthur Hoyt, born in Georgetown CO, actor, Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along 1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic 1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St 1873 Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams 1873 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname 1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms 1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York 1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co 1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy 1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes 1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder, Doubleday and Co 1858 RH Macy and Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked 1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in U.S., incorporated in New York City 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized 1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co 1847 1st U.S. telegraph co established in Maryland 1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co 1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York 1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) 1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded 1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch director-general of East Indies Co, dies at 49 1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 1810 1st insurance co managed by blacks, American Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1805 Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co 1784 John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country 1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief 1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) 1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam 1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies 1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate 1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded 1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. |
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